Can't get HDMI output working properly in Linux Mint

[John J. Macey]

Fred,

I am running Mint 17 XFCE, and have recent experiences with my PC, and a 
HDTV. Also, I've used a relatives ancient Dell, also running Mint 17, to 
play well w/ a HDTV. W/ my PC, I used an HDMI cable, w/ my relatives a 
VGA cable.

Both PCs worked well, but I did have to use the TV remote control 
options to try to get the full PC display on the TV, but was not 100% 
exact. There is a difference how some TVs can be modified to match PC 
output. It is difficult to say how to help, but I have found I needed 
both PCs on, before I switched the TV on to work. However, both systems 
did work well. In the past, I have tried to change resolutions w/ xrandr 
<http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/877>. But, had no real 
success, and I would be careful here.

Does your system work at home?

John

On 08/17/2014 10:23 PM, Fred Fifield wrote:
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I have Mint 17 loaded on my HP Pavillion dv7 (1273d) and this is the 
> first time I've taken it out on the road. I'm in a hotel and want to 
> watch a dvd movie that will play on my laptop on the nice HDTV in my 
> hotel. I hooked the HDMI cable from my computer to the TV and switched 
> the TV output to the correct setting. The desktop background shows up 
> on the TV but nothing else does, no taskbar, no icons, no mouse 
> pointer. Just the background. It seems like this should be something 
> easy but I can't figure out what it is.
>
> I went into the display setting thinking my issue might be there. The 
> TV I'm plugged into shows up there but that's it. I've tried googling 
> for an answer but I don't seem to be able to phrase my request 
> properly because I keep getting responses for no sound.
>
> Anyway, any help you give will be appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Fred
>
>
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